Disney to add time shares to Polynesian hotel

September 17, 2013|By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel

One of Walt Disney World's oldest hotels is getting a time-share addition.

Disney Vacation Club, the time-share arm of the Walt Disney Co., announced Tuesday that it is building new units at Disney's Polynesian Resort, the 42-year-old, tropically themed hotel on the Magic Kingdom monorail line.

Disney did not say how many time-share units it will build at the hotel. Construction, which began this month, is expected to be completed sometime in 2015.

The Polynesian will become Disney Vacation Club's 13th property and its ninth at Disney World. With the completion of this project, the company's time-share business will have inventory at all three hotels along Disney World's iconic monorail, including the roughly 300-unit Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort, which opened in 2009, and the roughly 150-unit Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, which is scheduled to open Oct. 23.

In addition to the time shares, Disney said it would renovate other guest areas in the Polynesian hotel, though it did not provide further details.